Carl Benedikt Frey

Carl Benedikt Frey

Carl Benedikt Frey is Oxford Martin Citi Fellow at Oxford University where he directs the programme on Technology and Employment at the Oxford Martin School.[1] He is one of the most widely cited scholars in the field of workforce automation and industrial renewal, researching the transition of industrial nations to digital economies.[2][3][4] He was born in Stockholm, Sweden.

Research

Frey's research has caused much debate about the future of work: in a 2013 study co-authored by Michael Osborne, he estimated that 47 percent of jobs in the United States are at risk of automation.[5] In 2016, President Obama's Council of Economic Advisors used the same approach, showing that mainly low-income jobs in the United States are likely to be automated.[6]

The World Bank has also applied his methodology to developing countries, estimating that 77 percent of jobs in China, 69 percent of jobs in India, and 85 percent of jobs in Ethiopia, are at risk of automation.[7] In an interview with Martin Wolf on BBC Radio 4, Frey suggested that while automation might constitute a watershed for labour markets, it is not going to mean the end of work.[8]

Career

Frey has served as an advisor and consultant to international organisations, think tanks, government and business, including the OECD, the European Commission, the United Nations, and several Fortune 500 companies. In partnership with Citigroup, he also advises global leaders on future economic trends.[9]

His work has been widely covered by the BBC, CNN, The Economist, Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, Foreign Affairs, New York Times, Washington Post, Frankfurter Allgemeine, Scientific American, TIME Magazine, Forbes, and many others.[10][11][12][13][14]

In 2016 he was named the 2nd most influential young opinion leader by the Swedish business magazine Veckans Affärer.[15]

Frey is also Economics Associate of Nuffield College, and Senior Fellow of the Programme on Employment, Equity and Growth at the Institute for New Economic Thinking, both University of Oxford.[16][17] He remains a Senior Fellow of the Department of Economic History at Lund University, and a board member of Futurion AB.

References

  1. ↑ "Dr Carl Benedikt Frey | People". Oxford Martin School. Retrieved 2016-06-16.
  2. ↑ "Dr Carl Benedikt Frey". carlbenediktfrey.com. Retrieved 2016-06-16.
  3. ↑ Berger, Thor; Frey, Carl Benedikt (2016-03-01). "Did the Computer Revolution shift the fortunes of U.S. cities? Technology shocks and the geography of new jobs". Regional Science and Urban Economics. 57: 38–45. doi:10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2015.11.003.
  4. ↑ Berger, Thor; Frey, Carl Benedikt (2015-11-23). "Industrial Renewal in the 21st Century: Evidence from US Cities". Regional Studies. 0 (0): 1–10. doi:10.1080/00343404.2015.1100288. ISSN 0034-3404.
  5. ↑ "The Future of Employment: How susceptible are jobs to computerisation? | Publications". Oxford Martin School. Retrieved 2016-06-16.
  6. ↑ "2016 Economic Report of the President". The White House. Retrieved 2016-06-16.
  7. ↑ "World Development Report 2016: Digital Dividends". World Bank. Retrieved 2016-06-16.
  8. ↑ "The Future Is Not What It Used to Be - BBC Radio 4". BBC. Retrieved 2016-06-16.
  9. ↑ "TECHNOLOGY AT WORK". www.citivelocity.com. Retrieved 2016-06-16.
  10. ↑ "The onrushing wave". The Economist. ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved 2016-06-16.
  11. ↑ Frey, Carl Benedikt (2015-09-30). "Cheap automation raises risk of 'premature deindustrialisation'". Financial Times. ISSN 0307-1766. Retrieved 2016-06-16.
  12. ↑ Frey, Carl Benedikt (2014-10-02). "Doing capitalism in the digital age". Financial Times. ISSN 0307-1766. Retrieved 2016-06-16.
  13. ↑ Frey, Carl Benedikt. "The End of Economic Growth?". Scientific American. 312 (1): 12–12. doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0115-12.
  14. ↑ Frey, Carl Benedikt. "How 21st-Century Cities Can Avoid the Fate of 20th-Century Detroit". Scientific American. Retrieved 2016-06-16.
  15. ↑ "Hela listan: Sveriges 101 Supertalanger". Veckans affärer. Retrieved 2016-06-16.
  16. ↑ School, Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin. "Dr Carl Benedikt Frey | People | Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School". www.inet.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2016-06-16.
  17. ↑ "Carl Benedikt Frey - Biography". www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2016-06-16.


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